Re: Information needed for remote copy
Re: Information needed for remote copy
- Subject: Re: Information needed for remote copy
- From: Graff <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:41:02 -0500
You can do remote backups over a LAN using the terminal commands rsync
or psync. You can find some information about them in relation to Mac
OS X here:
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http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030716130537269>
- Ken
On Nov 16, 2003, at 2:48 PM, email@hidden wrote:
Sorry that this is off topic, but I need some help in knowing where to
go to consider options for how to best script file copies to another
computer on a LAN. I've been watching the list for scripting issues
for workflow. I am now automating backups as part of scripting
workflow in my medical records.
From Ray&Ray's Mac OS X Unleashed I see options include setting up
mount points in the file system, using FTP, SSH and the HFS file
system. Other issues I am working with are what should be done in
shell scripts, applescript and driving the whole process with cron. I
am leaning to making this part of my system a cron job so the copy is
done by root at night when no one is logged on.
What I am looking for is some discussion of the advantages and
disadvantages of each approach so I can make design decisions now for
my current simple need for copying a directory to a remote machine
while keeping in mind what I will be doing when I eventually migrate
to a server model. What's keeping me from just jumping in and setting
up crontab with a script is a fear of Unix surprises.
I am not looking for the answer here, but hope someone can point me to
a place where I can learn what the pros and cons are of the options
for automated intercomputer file transfers.
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